Premium
Formal examiner training reflects the increased expertise required of RACS examiners
Author(s) -
Beasley Spencer W.,
Lander Richard,
Brooks Andrew J.,
Hardware Narelle
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.12203
Subject(s) - summative assessment , medicine , medical education , judgement , specialty , curriculum , training (meteorology) , cognition , formative assessment , family medicine , pedagogy , psychology , physics , meteorology , political science , law , psychiatry
The F ellowship E xamination is the final summative assessment before the S urgical E ducation and T raining trainees are awarded F ellowship of the R oyal A ustralasian C ollege of S urgeons. Conducted in nine specialties, it is aligned with the curriculum of each specialty training programme. The F ellowship E xamination focuses on specific surgical competencies; in particular, the clinical application of knowledge, operative decision making and professional judgement. As a true ‘exit’ examination, it has to be conducted at the correct cognitive level for surgeons about to enter practice without direct supervision. This requires examiners to have specific skills and expertise for which training is required. This paper outlines the process of training undertaken by newly appointed examiners, and describes some of the areas of knowledge that they have to master before examining at the consistently high level that is now expected.